Time will tell, and yes, I am prepared too. The difference is that my preparations are from prudence not from fear or hyperbolic interpretaion and extrapolation of events. I do not suggest that your position is born of fear but I do think that the writer is a bit of a nellie.
I confess I just glanced at the article. My position comes from all sorts of different perspectives, cultural, economic, religious, local, global, etc.
I remember having arguments with guys about the housing recession in 2007 who argued that the rest of the world was fine and this would be just a “US” thing.
My position is preparedness as well, btw. Only about half the reason I moved to this place is the “self sufficiency” factor. It is a great place even if this whole thing just blows over like WWII did.
On a VERY related note: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2766973/posts
The collapse has begun.